Manage The Margin Killers in Healthcare Staffing!
In a prior post we discussed two areas that can greatly affect margins in the healthcare staffing world; unemployment and workers compensation. These two components of the cost of labor are directly applied to actual payroll amounts, thus decreasing the gross margin.
State Medicaid Expansion and the 2012 Electoral Map
Last year the Supreme Court ruled on tenets of the Affordable Care Act that withheld Federal funding from states that chose not to expand their Medicaid programs to include many of the nation’s current uninsured. The ruling denied the Feds ability to withhold existing Medicaid funding if the state did not adhere to the Act’s […]
Will your next nurse be a man?
Have you ever wondered what the odds are that you will have a male nurse? If your guess is “not very likely”, you’re right. However, based on census data just released, the odds are growing every year that your next nurse could be a male.
Complicated math for determining demand for temporary labor
As the Affordable care act comes closer to full implementation, multiple factors will combine to assess the impact on the demand for contract labor. It is impossible to determine demand figures using historic data as the ACA has thrown an entirely new set of governing principles into play. When all the new regulations for payment […]
The Affordable Care Act Desperately Needs YOUNG PEOPLE!
As the new math of the Affordable Care Act plays out, insurers and hospitals are scrambling to take advantage of new markets. One of the cornerstones of the ACA was the acquisition of a young demographic from a currently underserved population. There will be substantial fanfare around the country to engage the millions of uninsured […]
American Hospital Association’s “Workforce Roles in a Redesigned Primary Care Model”
In January of this year, the American Hospital Association released a report entitled “Workforce Roles in a Redesigned Primary Care Model.” This document was largely created from a roundtable discussion by nine physician and nurse leaders who were asked to develop some recommendations for hospitals and healthcare systems that would be faced with a paradigm […]
How Flexible is your MSP / VMS?
I recently attended a seminar that included topics on how to maximize the value of an MSP/VMS relationship. One of the most interesting take-aways from the meeting was the examination of what were the best as well as worst attributes of most MSP/VMS systems. Not surprisingly, the most valuable asset an MSP/VMS provides is uniformity […]
Affordable Care Act is About to Invade Your Living Room!
Since the Affordable Care Act was enacted three years ago in March, most of the work for implementation has been behind-the-scenes and little noticed by the typical consumer. This will all change on Jan 1, 2014 as for the first time in history, all Americans will be guaranteed access to healthcare coverage.
Why the Stockton CA Bankruptcy is Important to HealthCare Staffing Firms
Stockton, CA has been in the news recently as a Federal Judge ruled Monday, April 1, that it is eligible for bankruptcy protection. At first glance, this ruling seems to have little to do with the future of healthcare in the United States. Upon closer inspection, however, what stands out is the City’s #1 creditor, […]